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RE: Arrow keys won't scroll history in squeeze konsole/bash



----Original Message----

> 
>> After an `aptitude full-upgrade` on a Squeeze system last Monday I've
>> lost the use of the arrow keys to browse my history in konsole.
>> 
>> If I switch to one of the VTs (ctrl-alt-F1, etc.) the keys work fine,
>> and my history is present.  However within konsole they don't work
>> anymore. 
>> 
>> Shift+up arrow and shift+down arrow still work to scroll the konsole
>> window. 
>> 
>> Anyone else seeing this, or is it just me?
> 
> I cannot reproduce this.  What is the value of the TERM environment
> variable in konsole?
> 
> Sven

Sorry about the long delay.  Your reply got buried over a weekend.

I'm not the only one seeing this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/kde4-up-key-stops-working-sporadically-828016/

Unlike the author of that post, I haven't remapped any of my keys.  Everything should be stock.

Right now I am seeing this on two machines.

One is a Dell Optiplex GX620 desktop, amd64 with on-board Intel graphics.

The other is an HP e4100 desktop, amd64 with on-board ATI graphics.

I am *NOT* seeing it on an HP dv9000 laptop with on-board Nvidia graphics.

(I include the graphics chipset as I thought it might be an Xorg driver issue.)

How I can reproduce:

1) Log in to KDE.  The up arrow works fine.
2) Log out of KDE.  Log back in again.  The up-arrow does not work.
3) Log out of KDE, and restart the X server.  Log back in, the up arrow works.

Repeat.

So I work around it by restarting the X server before I log in -- the up arrow will work for the FIRST login session.  After that it will be ignored until I restart the X server again.

The TERM environment is: xterm

James Z

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